Kinect: Microsoft pledges to “aggressively challenge” government spying

[Scoobes]

starcraft said:

Fusioncode said:
I don't think "aggressively challenging" the government will work out too well. Hey Microsoft, how about you just let me turn the damn thing off when I don't want it. I don't care about your stupid TV features or voice recognition, if others do then that's fine, but why do you have to force everyone to have it on all the time?

They do.

Not completely. I can turn off my webcam on my PC, but the most lowly skilled of hackers would still be able to turn it on once they figure out my IP address.

If the device is connected to the console, it can never truly be off.